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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

SERC is open 8:00am-5:30pm all weekend (Fri. 3/31 - Sun. 4/2) for Maryland Day! Enjoy a spring weekend hike on one of our scenic trails. Woodlawn is also open Fri. 3/31 - Sun. 4/2, 10am-2pm!

The Reed Education Center and surrounding trailheads are back open!

Read Plan Your Visit for information on where to park, updated maps and hours, safety, and more.

Media

SERC In The News

SERC in the News

Cordelia Banks, a site that offers hope to the Mesoamerican Reef

Apr 20, 2021

Marfund
Just 3 percent of the land on Earth is still ecologically intact

Apr 15, 2021

New Scientist
Unwelcome and tough to evict: California’s costly, uphill battle against invasive species

Apr 12, 2021

Mercury News
Studey: MD. Recreational Crab Harvest Underestimtaed

Mar 22, 2021

Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Is Climate Change Causing Sharks To Bite Humans? Metro Thinks So

Mar 11, 2021

WAMU 88.5
Smithsonian study finds more bad news about climate change: skimpier Chesapeake Bay oysters

Mar 6, 2021

Capital Gazette/Baltimore Sun
Smugglers tried to bring 3,700 invasive crabs through the Port of Cincinnati

Jan 23, 2021

USA Today
Is It Better to Plant Trees or Let Forests Regrow Naturally?

Oct 31, 2020

WIRED
‘Fish lollies’ capture predator activity, revealing how global marine food webs change with climate

Oct 27, 2020

Mirage News
Backyard dueling plant experiment sparks hope for future remote field opportunities at SERC in Edgewater

Oct 9, 2020

Capital Gazette

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